Graeme Base Quotes

I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at college. I worked in advertising for two years but didn't like it much, then began doing a bit of illustration work for various publishers.

Graeme Base

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 6, 1958

Topics

WorkArtSchoolCollegeAdvertising

I attribute my success to my mental approach to the game. I have always been a serious student of umpiring. I enjoy studying rules, situations, and positioning.

Jim Evans

SuccessGameEnjoyRulesStudent

Modern agriculture has been accurately described as a way of turning oil into food. As the price of oil continues to rise, so will the price of food.

Jeremy Grantham

FoodAgricultureRisePriceWayOil

I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report.

Andrew Breitbart

LoveComplexReportingStories

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.

John Kenneth Galbraith

GoodGoalsGovernmentAesthetic

A face isn't an organ, like a liver or a heart. A face is muscles, nerves, bones, and skin. A face is more like a hand or a foot.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

HeartFaceSkinHandMoreLiver

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

Simone de Beauvoir

WomanBornRatherBecomes

I spent a long time experimenting, saying, 'Here's a record that's free, or $5 if you want a nice version or $250 if you'd like a really nice coffee-table thing.' Everything felt like the right thing to do at the time and then six months later would feel tired. And I would feel tired. So that's one reason for returning to a major label.

Trent Reznor

TimeTiredFreeSayingFeelYou

I'm not a very good actor.

Tom Sturridge

GoodActorGood ActorVery

Childhood - that was not my favorite time in my life.

Roz Chast

LifeTimeChildhoodMy LifeFavorite

Leaving a lot of movie sets, I've gone home and said, 'How come my hands are clean?' I should finish something and go home with dirt in my fingernails, because then you really feel that you've done something.

Michael Keaton

HomeFeelHandsYouSaidDone

Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.

Milos Forman

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Whether you're throwing up or breaking up, you want your girlfriend right there! I don't trust women who don't go to their girlfriends.

Drew Barrymore

WomenTrustYouGoWantRight

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